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FOX New Reality Show: The Moment Of Truth...a Polygraph "Game Show"? WFT

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1/18/2008 12:56 PM
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FOX New Reality Show: The Moment Of Truth...a Polygraph "Game Show"? WFT

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Honesty is best policy on Fox's new polygraph game show Moment of Truth
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NEW YORK - Have you ever forced yourself to throw up? Did you ever think your spouse might be gay? Do fat people repulse you?

Contestants hooked up to a lie detector will face such questions on Fox's "The Moment of Truth," a game show so controversial that a Colombian version was cancelled after a woman there revealed she hired someone to kill her husband. The real question is: Just how far will the American edition go?

"We're not out to destroy somebody," said executive producer and creator Howard Schultz. "I don't think there's any joy in watching someone crumble under the lights. So, typically, the people that we cast to be contestants are stronger people. They have good self-esteem and a strong sense of themselves."

To win the US$500,000 grand prize, such people must truthfully answer 21 questions about themselves in front of their family, friends, co-workers, an audience and everyone at home who stays around to watch after "American Idol." (The show debuts Jan. 23.) Like "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" and "Deal or No Deal," contestants can walk away with less money at six different levels in the game.

"It's the only game show in the history of the world where you know all the questions and all the answers," boasts Mike Darnell, Fox's president of alternative entertainment.

Prior to filming, contestants are hooked up to a polygraph machine and asked 50 to 75 personal questions, such as "Have you ever made a sexy video and uploaded to the Internet?" and "Do you think you'll still be married to your husband five years from now?" Players are asked 21 of those questions during filming.

"They do not know the results of the polygraph or what 21 questions will be asked," explained Schultz. "They're free to change their answer the day of taping the show, but the polygraph is used as the measuring stick."

Questions deemed sexually explicit - by U.S. Federal Communications Commission standards, anyway - or anything that could harm a minor are off-limits, said Schultz. Fair game, however, are questions about criminal activity, despite what happened last year on the Colombian version when Rosa Maria Solano walked home with $25,000 after admitting she had hired someone to kill her husband.

"The crime couldn't be carried out because the hit man tipped off my husband and he ran away forever - God save me," she said.

Following negative public reaction to the revelation and the threat of legal action, the network pulled the show off the air. Schultz, who sold the "The Moment of Truth" concept around the world, was not directly involved with the Colombian production but said the show's producers should have alerted the authorities before airing such a confession.

Even so, the American edition could have its own controversies. Schultz promised a U.S. contestant will answer yes to the question, "Have you ever illegally smuggled something into this country?" According to Schultz, the contestant later tells "The Moment of Truth" host Mark L. Wahlberg that he might have smuggled drugs into the U.S. - but he is not totally sure.

"I think the show is going to rock America," said Schultz. "I think it's going to be talked about around every water cooler and coffee pot in the country."

Fox reality guru Mike Darnell thinks so, too. He bought "The Moment of Truth" away from NBC after the network decided not to turn the potentially scandalous game show into a series. He even gave the program the prime-time sweet spot after "American Idol."

Schultz has not been especially shocked by any contestant's answer or unwillingness be honest. Instead, the veteran reality TV producer was most stunned by the studio audience's reaction to a player who truthfully tackled questions about his troubled relationships with his family members.

"He confronts each question with such vulnerability," said Schultz, "that after he answers each one of these questions honestly, the audience spontaneously gives him a standing ovation. That, to me, is the surprise. I never thought something like that would occur on a show like this."

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1/18/2008 2:18 PM

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They are harvesting emotions from people to make money. I do not like this at all. I think it is unethical and will tear up people's lives in a big way. I once did an interview for one of those real mystery programs. I agreed to do it as long as they didn't set me off emotionally by asking questions that were too tender. I could see the looks on the faces of the crew when they came in (tenative and feeling pity. Sure enough, the producer/director/interviewer hit me with it big time and I started to cry. Well, there I was on global broadcasts crying, my voice shaking. They used me and took those parts specifically to make it a more emotionally charged presentation for their viewing public. Fie on the scoundrels!

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